How to Use spellbind in a Sentence

spellbind

verb
  • There is no shortage of spellbinding gnar here.
    Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But then the two boys watch the spellbinding Tashi grunt her way to her own juniors title.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
  • And for those who can bear to tear themselves away from the villa’s spellbinding beauty?
    Lysanne Currie, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And all of it is held together by a simple but spellbinding melodic lilt.
    Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The panorama from my island summit is spellbinding.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But in one of the most improbable, spellbinding places in the world, hotels are part of the city's fabric.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024
  • Show off the spellbinding aspects of these wickedly good drinks by serving the sippers in clear bowls and glassware.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Fortunately for us, aya’s bad days yield results that are at once spellbinding and laugh-out-loud funny.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Goblet glassware or an emerald green vase will also add a touch of spellbinding energy to a home.
    Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Any child who has ever been spellbound by these swooping, looping formations will delight in this book, told from the birds’ point of view.
    New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • Bey's portraits—and the subjects within—coolly spellbind the senses.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 June 2019
  • Series brings spellbinding colors and AI-powered smarts to your movie nights.
    PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • What spellbound them—in one way or another—was the making of a Broadway diva before them.
    Michael Appler, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The album kicks off with distorted yet beautiful, spellbinding singing, setting the stage for what is to come.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Bonus points if your costume and candy selection are equally spellbinding.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • That’s quite the cliffhanger to close on, and quite the span of time for the series’ spellbinding atmosphere to lose its hold on the audience.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
  • His low-voice tale was spellbinding, horrific, and heartbreaking.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Stella Tennant, who dropped by for a cocktail, was clearly spellbound by their handiwork.
    Vogue, 5 Mar. 2019
  • In person, the image is spellbinding and compelling, a short story unto itself.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • His general range of passing and his general control of games has been simply spellbinding.
    SI.com, 1 May 2018
  • The book is spellbinding, but Winterson herself has been an ongoing force.
    June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The show’s production value remains (mostly) quite good, and a few of the performances are spellbinding.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • His small but spellbinding output was borne from a process rooted in committed perfectionism.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Dress as the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus, and your trio will have everyone spellbound.
    Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Ditto for the 20 silk shirts displayed on Stockmans, their patterns as spellbinding as ever.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
  • Whether his fight with the Mouse House will end in a spellbinding triumph or an embarrassing failure, Peltz has dug in.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Then Jeff Beck’s contribution arrived and that was spellbinding.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
  • An image of close but alien nature forever struggling to connect and transmogrify, its pathos is spellbinding.
    Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The one with witches, crofters, kings, underground halls, tree stumps, princesses no one can spellbind, stepmothers and poor women, mountain pastures and rugged blue peaks.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The surroundings were bland, but the conversation with Cheney was spellbinding.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 8 Nov. 2025

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